Analysis of Monna Innominata [I wish I could remember]

Christina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



I wish I could remember that first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me,
If bright or dim the season, it might be
Summer or Winter for aught I can say;
So unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was I to see and to foresee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom for many a May.
If only I could recollect it, such
A day of days! I let it come and go
As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;
It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;
If only now I could recall that touch,
First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 11011011101 1111010111 1011011111 101011101 1111110101 1111010111 1111011001 110110111 0111111101 11101111 1111110111 110111111 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 552
Words 116
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 419
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Christina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. more…

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